The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
twaddling
present participle of twaddle
twaddling (countable and uncountable, plural twaddlings)
nonsense; claptrap
Source: Wiktionary
Twad"dling,
Definition: a. & n. from Twaddle, v.
Twad"dle, v. i. & t. Etym: [See Twattle.]
Definition: To talk a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle. Stanyhurst.
Twad"dle, n.
Definition: Silly talk; gabble; fustian. I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days. T. Hughes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 October 2024
(noun) a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; “the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.